Cam Janssen has some archaic ideas about hockey. Some of those are more damaging than others.

The Devils right winger made a series of gross, if unsurprising, remarks during a wide-ranging 15-minute podcast interview. The hammer came toward the end, when he was talking about the personal nature of trash talk on NHL rinks.

Janssen and the hosts laughed throughout the interview, particularly during the homophobic portion.

Hockey, particularly in the last year, has taken a stand against homophobia like Janssen's. Several high-profile NHL players, including All-Stars Steven Stamkos, Zdeno Chara, Claude Giroux and Ryan Kesler, have filmed PSAs for the You Can Play Project, an organization dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation.

You Can Play was founded in memory of Brendan Burke, the late son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke. Brendan Burke, a manager for the University of Miami's hockey team, died in a 2010 car crash a few months after publicly coming out.

"Speaking for @YouCanPlayTeam, we're aware of Cam's interview and certainly are opposed to his choice of language and attempts at humor," You Can Play president Patrick Burke, Brendan's brother and Brian's son, tweeted on Thursday afternoon. "We'll be trying to reach out to Cam and the Devils over the next couple days to get a chance to educate Cam on what we do. Final thought: If players weren't using this language, we wouldn't have launched. Changing the culture is a slow process (and) requires patience."

Janssen, when he manages to get on the ice, is one of the league's dirtiest players. That, he said, isn't an accident.

"You wanna be scary. You wanna put the fear of f------ God in people's eyes. And not just 'Oh I'm gonna beat you up.' No. I'm gonna catch you with your f------ head down and hurt you, because you're not gonna know I'm coming," Janssen said.

Tomas Kaberle and Matt Bradley are among the players Janssen has hurt. They didn't see him coming because they'd gotten rid of the puck for several seconds before he hit them. That's illegal. Janssen's comments on that end are close to being as tone-deaf and misguided as his ideas on trash-talking, considering that the NHL has cracked down on illegal hits in the wake of a concussion problem that has bordered on epidemic. Keeping physical play in hockey while cutting back on injurious hits remains a topic of debate. It's fair to say, though, that deliberately trying to injure opponents shouldn't be part of the game.

It should also be noted that Janssen, 28, has made most of his living by getting punched in the head. He's been in 111 NHL fights, according to hockeyfights.com. He played last season for the Devils on a two-way, $550,000 contract and has also played for his hometown Blues.

Janssen also had some compliments for the LA Kings, who beat Janssen's Devils in the Stanley Cup finals while he watched from the press box. He also made a sexist, vulgar comparison between them and overweight women. Watch the video if you want to hear that in its entirety.